BOOTPREP Permission Denied Error

07-01-2003, 11:56 AM

I'm having weird problems with bootprep and was hoping that somebody could
tell me what is going on...

I have a CompactFlash that I've fdisk-ed, formatted, etc. - everything seems
fine (double checked), but when I try to run bootprep I get a "Drive.Open
error - permission denied". I've done this a hundred times before and never
had this problem - what could be causing this?

Thanks,
JC

07-01-2003, 03:59 PM

JC, I've never seen that one. Sorry.

Magnus, are you formatting with NTFS? If you're formatting with FAT I don't
see how you can get away w/o BOOTPREP.

Magnus wrote:

Quote:

> It has been my experience that if you have formated the
> disk (via Windows format tools) and set the partition to
> active in fdisk that you do not need to run bootprep.
>
>

Quote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> I'm having weird problems with bootprep and was hoping that somebody
>> could tell me what is going on...
>>
>> I have a CompactFlash that I've fdisk-ed, formatted, etc. -
>> everything seems fine (double checked), but when I try to run
>> bootprep I get a "Drive.Open error - permission denied". I've done
>> this a hundred times before and never had this problem - what could
>> be causing this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> JC
>> .

--
Gordon Smith (eMVP)
Gordon.Smith@nospam.avnet.com

07-02-2003, 01:09 PM

Yes sorry NTFS I thought that I stated that previously
but I guess not

Magnus

Quote:

>-----Original Message-----
>JC, I've never seen that one. Sorry.
>
>Magnus, are you formatting with NTFS? If you're

formatting with FAT I don't

Quote:

>see how you can get away w/o BOOTPREP.
>
>Magnus wrote:

Quote:

>> It has been my experience that if you have formated the
>> disk (via Windows format tools) and set the partition to
>> active in fdisk that you do not need to run bootprep.
>>
>>

Quote:

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> I'm having weird problems with bootprep and was hoping

that somebody

Quote:

>>> could tell me what is going on...
>>>
>>> I have a CompactFlash that I've fdisk-ed, formatted,

etc. -

Quote:

>>> everything seems fine (double checked), but when I try

to run

Quote:

>>> bootprep I get a "Drive.Open error - permission

denied". I've done

Quote:

>>> this a hundred times before and never had this

problem - what could

Quote:

>>> be causing this?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> JC
>>> .

>
>--
>Gordon Smith (eMVP)
>Gordon.Smith@nospam.avnet.com
>
>
>.
>

07-02-2003, 03:31 PM

Ok - that makes much more sense. BOOTPREP is only needed with FAT
partitions. BOOTPREP replaces the boot sector with a NT style boot sector.
FAT includes a dos style boot sector, whereas NTFS already includes a NT
style boot sector.

--Gordon Smith (eMVP)

magnus wrote:

Quote:

> Yes sorry NTFS I thought that I stated that previously
> but I guess not
>
> Magnus

Quote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> JC, I've never seen that one. Sorry.
>>
>> Magnus, are you formatting with NTFS? If you're formatting with FAT
>> I don't see how you can get away w/o BOOTPREP.
>>
>> Magnus wrote:

Quote:

>>> It has been my experience that if you have formated the
>>> disk (via Windows format tools) and set the partition to
>>> active in fdisk that you do not need to run bootprep.
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> I'm having weird problems with bootprep and was hoping that
>>>> somebody could tell me what is going on...
>>>>
>>>> I have a CompactFlash that I've fdisk-ed, formatted, etc. -
>>>> everything seems fine (double checked), but when I try to run
>>>> bootprep I get a "Drive.Open error - permission denied". I've done
>>>> this a hundred times before and never had this

> problem - what could

Quote:

>>>> be causing this?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> JC
>>>> .

>>
>> --
>> Gordon Smith (eMVP)
>> Gordon.Smith@nospam.avnet.com
>>
>>
>> .

--
Gordon Smith (eMVP)
Gordon.Smith@nospam.avnet.com

07-03-2003, 12:32 PM

Thanks for all the info. I'm certain that there is no "virus protection"
enabled in the BIOS.

Will try different a brand of CompactFlash and will also try the NTFS
route - will post my results here.

JC

"JC Heyneke" <jc.heyneke@megger.com> wrote in message
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Quote:

> I'm having weird problems with bootprep and was hoping that somebody could
> tell me what is going on...
>
> I have a CompactFlash that I've fdisk-ed, formatted, etc. - everything

seems

Quote:

> fine (double checked), but when I try to run bootprep I get a "Drive.Open
> error - permission denied". I've done this a hundred times before and

never

Quote:

> had this problem - what could be causing this?
>
> Thanks,
> JC
>
>
>
>

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BOOTPREP Permission Denied Error I'm having weird problems with bootprep and was hoping that somebody could tell me what is going on... I have a CompactFlash that I've fdisk-ed, formatted, etc. - everything seems fine (double checked), but when I try to run bootprep I get a "Drive.Open error - permission denied". I've done this a hundred times before and never had this problem - what could be causing this? Thanks, JC	JC Heyneke Guest Posts: n/a

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